The Onox Legion wrote:Zeloria wrote:Personally I don't really mind wank-nations that much. Sure, make your nation a real life country but stronk, whatever, I don't care. My real problem with these kind of nations is that the geopolitical situation can be pretty boring in them. These wank-nations doesn't really have credible opposition that can make the world more interesting. Internal opposition either doesn't seem to exist or are incompetent caricatures. External opposition meanwhile seems to be completely steamrolled in a war that the wanked nation easily won. I mean for crying out loud, give your nation an actual challenge to overcome. Hell, have aliens invade your planet, I don't care, just create an interesting conflict that is an actual challenge for your nations, because otherwise your setting becomes pretty boring.
Yeah, a functional antagonist that is at the very least a constant thorn in the side of your nation is something that elevates a story. Like the Birds for the Worms, the Old Hylian politics for the Onox Legion, etc.
Unless you're outright planning on writing a "and everyone sat happily ever after and sang kumbaya together" story, which most wank nations don't because gunboat diplomacy and invasions are still rampant.














